Another card for Make it Monday #103 Challenge {Anything Goes}

Hello friends!  I have really been in the Halloween spirit lately!  These darling little googly-eyed stamps are just too fun not to play with!  This is a sample of card I did for a workshop last night.  I gave each of the ladies a different piece of the DSP out of the packet and let them choose which stamp they wanted to use.  They came up with some really amazing cards and I wish I had photographed each of them to share with you.  Next time! 

I would also like to enter this card in the Make it Monday #103 Challenge - Anything Goes.  Have you visited that site yet?  I've been popping in and leaving notes here and there for folks and I am very impressed with soooo many of the creations that have been shared. The DT will have a tough time choosing from that amazing array of wonderful cards.

Back to this card...here are some deets in case you might be interested :o)  I used the Spider Web embossing texture folder for the card base (Basic Grey).  The DSP is called Howlstooth and Scaringbone (it's in the new SU Holiday mini). The darling googly-eyed witch is from stamp set called Googly Ghouls (Googly eyes come on a sheet of 50 that coordinate with this stamp set).  I made the orange moon by punching a 1 3/4" circle on a piece of scrap paper, adhering to the vanilla cs with dotto and using a finger dauber and Tangerine Tango ink to fill in the circle.  The sentiment is from a stamp set called Teeny Tiny Wishes.  The little spider in the circle (used the NEW mini scallop circle punch from the Holiday mini and the 1" circle punch) is from the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set.   Ohh... and I used the new silver Dazzling Details glitter glue on her hat, buttons and skirt trim.

Here's a look at the inside too:

Now you can see the full spider web from the reverse.  That cute boot and saying is from a set called Bootiful Occassions.
Thanks so much for popping in to visit me and see this card - I'm sure glad that you did!  Til next time - Hugs!

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Challenge #68

Hello friends, I have another card to share with you that I made with that fun new set called Googly Ghouls and the Googlie eyes as well as the new DSP.   Can you tell that I am just lovin' this whimsical Halloween set and the new DSP?  Anyway... I used the fun sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Challenge #68  to make this card.  I don't very often use tags so I thought it would be fun to do it this time.  The tag on this card is from the new Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit (and the baker's twine in Pumpkin Pie is exclusive to the this kit also). My lines/layers on my card really are even and straight but they seem to be going uphill in the picture -guess I'm not the best photographer - lol!

If you like this sketch and want to give it a try - just pop on over the Try Stampin' Challenge blog for details and to enter your card.  You'll find some great creations from the Design Team there.  Oh - one more thing... lesson I learned on this card.  I colored Frankie's face with a blender pen and found out that the heavier weight of the paper didn't really like the moisture from the blender pen and kind of "melted" the paper a bit.  I would suggest using Staz On ink and just coloring the image directly with your marker if you want the face colored. 

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today - I'm sure glad that you did.  Til next time - hugs!

Supplies (all from Stampin Up!):  Cardstock - Tangerine Tango.  Stamp and sentiment are from Googly Ghouls (NEW). Googlie eyes are also NEW and come on a sheet of 50.  DSP - Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP (NEW).  Tag and Pumpkin Pie baker's twine are from the NEW Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit (makes 10 gift/candy bags).   

MOJO Monday #253 {BOOOOO}

Hello friends, so happy you've stopped by to visit my blog today.  This week I am on a Halloween kick (don't suppose you've notice that with the past 3 posts - lol).  Once again the sketch at MOJO Monday is absolutely terrific and really did get my MOJO going.  The MOJO#253 sketch by Julee has a skewed orientation (so fun) and uses lots of shapes and layers that are just perfect for showcasing your patterned papers. Skewed orientations are great for those of us who can't seem to adhere and layer things in a straight and level manner :o)  - yet there are still very clean lines and lots of definition.  As if the sketch itself wasn't inspiring enough, I was blown away by the design team creations as well (you really should pop in there and see them - it will get your MOJO going I promise)! 



At first I wasn't too sure about this new DSP for halloween - but now that I have it I see how very versatile it is (and I do love it for halloween).  It can be used for fall, halloween, masculine and whimsical purposes as I've done here with my stamp and googly eyes.  Hope you like my card today and saw something that inspired you too.  Til next time - Hugs!

Supplies (all from Stampin Up!): Cardstock - Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie (note: Tangerine Tango coordinates super with this DSP too). DSP - Howlstooth & Scaringbone (#126906 -NEW in the SU Holiday Mini catalog).  Stamp - Googly Gouls (NEW in the SU Holiday Mini).  Eyes - Googlies (#127539 - come on a sheet of 50).   Black satin ribbon (retired).  Scalloped Circle punch 2 3/8" and Circle punch 1 3/4" were  used on this card as well.  

Clean & Simple Stamping #201

Hello friends!  Do you feel as if you are being watched - lol?  Here is another card that I made today using a new stamp set from the Stampin Up Holiday mini catalog called Googly Gouls and the coordinating googly eyes - which by the way are just waaayyyy toooo cute!

In my ongoing personal challenge to get more comfortable with (and better at) Clean and Simple cards I decided to give the Clean & Simple Stamping  #201 sketch a try (see below) and to my great surprise I really like it! Here's the sketch  and my finished card:

I used a black cardstock base and just let a tiny bit of the edge show.  I also love to use texture in some form on my cards - in this case I used the Spider Web Folder for the embossing.  This gave the card some added detail without detracting from the white space and simpleness of the card.  You could even mist the web ever so slightly with some shimmer and it would look really fun (I thought of that just now). 

Thanks for letting me share my C&S creation with you today. Come back to visit again soon.  Hugs!

Supplies (all from Stampin Up!): Cardstock - Basic Black and Whisper White.  Basic Black ink.  Stamp - from the Googly Gouls set in the new Holiday Mini (#128063 clear or 128060 wood). Googlies (eyes) come on a sheet of 50 for $2.50 (too much fun!).   Textured Embossing folder - Spider Web Folder. 

Spooky Creepy Crawly for Retrosketches #23 and Dynamic Duos #14

Happy Tuesday!  It's been awhile since I've been able to participate in the Retrosketches challenge but this weeks sketch was one I just couldn't pass up - Retrosketches #23 (see below).  The inspiration for my colors comes from the Dynamic Duos Challenge #14 - Bold and Sassy combo.

I got these new stamp sets just a couple days ago from the Stampin Up Holiday mini catalog and I've been dying to ink them up.  I colored the sentiment stamp and the cute little googly eyed characters with my Pumpkin Pie and Wild Wasabi SU markers.  I made my own patterned paper by stamping the sentiment several times on the two rows (my first attempt was very crooked so the second time I drew a very thin pencil line across my paper to keep the words straighter).  I snipped out the cute little spider and let him drop down from the web.  So what do you think of these cute little googly eyes?  Aren't they just the bomb!! I'm wishing I had ordered more myself as I've already used up about half of the sheet (hint... you'll probably see some more of these in my other posts coming soon).   I chose to leave some eyes are they are and to add the googlies to the others.  Not sure who those two little eyes belong to above the words - maybe its the invisible man.  Here's a closer look:

Hope you like this card and thanks so much for dropping by to visit today - I'm sure glad that you did.   Til next time - Hugs!!

Supplies (all from Stampin Up!):  Cardstock - Whisper White, Wild Wasabi and Pumpkin Pie.  Stamps - Border Banter (words) and Googly Gouls (characters) with some Googlies (eyes - come in a sheet of 50).  The textured background is a textured embossing folder called Spider Web folder.  I used the Finishing Touches Edgelits for the border around my word strip.  The postage stamp and 1" square punches were used for each of the characters.   

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